These tables indicate the features that are available to Lync users in an on-premises deployment of Lync Server 2013. The same features are also available to Lync Online and Office 365 users unless otherwise indicated.

Lync Server 2013 supports the following previously released clients: Lync 2010, Lync 2010 Mobile, Lync Phone Edition, and Lync 2010 Attendant. For information about these clients, see the Lync 2010 version of the Client Comparison Tables at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=213798.

2 Participants cannot control desktops that are shared by Lync for Mac 2011 or Communicator for Mac 2011 users. Lync for Mac 2011 and Communicator for Mac 2011 users can control desktops shared by Windows users.